Bed-frame.



No. 708,43n. Paiemd sept. 2, |902. F. w. WALKER.

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(Application med occ. s. 1900.)

(No Model.)

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FREDERICK WV. IVALKER, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 708,431, dated September 2, 1902.

Application filed October 5, 1900. Serial No. 32,131. (No model.)

Be it known that LFREDERIGK W.WALKER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Utica,Oneida county, New York, (whose post-office address is Utica, Oneida county,New Yorin) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Frames, of

`which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a stretcher device foi-stretching woven-wire mattresses on beds;

. form, is illustrated in a patent issued to me,

No. 653,158, vJuly '3, 1900, and` will not be particularly described. By referring to this patent I do not, however, limit or in any manner circumscribe the utility of my invention to beds having such hangers, because my device can be used with any form of hanger which will maintain the side rails in contact with the tubular bed-post.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the end portions of a side rail and portionsof the crossbars, the woven-wire fabric not being shown. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig.'1, the woven-wire fabricrbeing indicated by a heavy line and the said fabric and side rail being shown partially broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of one of the slides. Eig. 4 is a detail end view of the slide shown i'n Fig. 3. Eig. 5 is a detail top plan view of one of the coupling-hangers at the end of the frame at which the adjustable cross-bar is located, the tubular bed-post being shown in cross-section. Fig. 6 is an elevation of one of the couplings shown at the right hand of Figs. 1 and 2, the side rail being shown in cross-section, the adj listing-bolt not being shown. Fig. 7 is a cross-section through one of the side rails, showing in elevation the clip securing one end of' the rigid cross-bar on said rail and against the coupling.

Having described my invention with reference to the figures illustrated in the drawings, I will now proceed to describe'the same with reference to the numerals marked thereon, in which similar numerals refer to corresponding vparts in the several views.

In constructing iron beds the one which I have preferablyillustrated is constructed by using tubularl bed-posts 1, provided with a vertical slot in the wall of the tube, through and into which I insert projecting hook 2 in' the crescent face of the hanger for holding the curved surface of the bed-post in the concave recess 3 of hanger-iron 4, which hanger-iron is provided with perforated flange 5, having openings 6 6 (best illustrated in Fig. 2) for riveting the hanger-iron to the angular side rail, `as best illustrated at ..7 7, Fig. 2. It should be understood that I do not limit myself to this form of hanger-iron, as any other hanger-iron may be used which is provided with a perforated flange for riveting or bolting the same to the angle side rails, or it may be otherwise secured to theside rails.

I preferably employ angle side rails each having a horizontal flange 9 and vertical flange 10, Fig. 2.

The angle cross-bars 11 11 are mounted on flange 9 of the side rails. The upper flange of angle cross-bar 11 projects up, as indicated at 12, and the horizontal flanges 13 lie flat on the horizontal flange 9 of the side bars forming a part of the bed-frame. I clamp the Wire mattress between the upwardly-projecting flanges 12 of the cross-bars and battons 14, the battens and flanges 12 being suitably secured together, as by rivets 15 15, which clamps the woven-wire mattress 16 firmly be- IOO in the figures before referred to.

viding a lug 20, Fig. 2, slotted on its inner face to project under the flange 9 of the side rail. By using one of these stops on each side rail at one end of the wire mattress, clamping one 5 cross-bar rigidly against the side rails, said cross-bar is held in a firm position against back 21 of the hanger-iron for keeping the bed in a firm position and preventing the \parts from working when the bed is moved.

lo At the opposite end of the wire mattress I 2o lug 24 engages the horizontal under surface of the side rails of the flange 9 of said side rails. By this arrangement (the slides on each horizontal flange 9 of the side rails of the bed having the cross-bar inserted in slot 23 of the z5 slides) the cross-bar of one end of the wire mattress can be moved backward and forward on the side rails by means of projecting ears 25, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, and tightening screw-bolts 26, each screw-bolt being inserted 3o through perforated lug 27,made rigid with the hanger-iron. The screw-threaded end 28 of tightening-bolt 26 is tapped into opening in ear 25 at 28, and by turning the tighteningbolt 26 the slides on each side bar can be 3 5 drawn, carrying with them the movable crossbar of' the bed,to which the woven-wire mattress is rigidly secured, and thereby tightening the mattress to the required degree of tension, the principle being that the bed 4o hanger-irons being riveted to the side bars in a fixed position carrying the integral lug 27, connected to the hanger-iron, which is always in a fixed position, and the slide being movable carrying with them the movable crossbar permits the woven-wire mattress to be tightened or loosened at the will of the operator. The shoulderI 29 on the slide, Fig. 2, operates as a stop for the backward movement of the movable cross-bar of the bed, as best illustrated in Fig 2. This lug constitutes an integral part of the casting, and a slotted opening for the receipt of horizontal angle of the movable cross-bar should be made sufliciently loose to permit the movable crossbar to be inserted in the slot in the slides, and as these castings are made of malleable iron the upper flange 30, Fig. 2, may be driven down into close contact with the horizontal flange of the movable cross-bar of the bed for making the parts firm and solid, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of' the drawings.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a bed-frame, the combination of anglebar side rails provided with end couplinghangers, each hanger having a flange secured to the vertical flange of a rail,` the hangers extending vertically above the horizontal planes of said rails, the hangers at one end of the frame provided with elevated abutments 2l, above said rails, an gle cross-bars between the ends of said rails and resting directly on the top flanges of the rails, means for adjusting one of said cross-bars longitudinally of said rails, the other cross-bar having its vertical flange held against said abutments of said hangers, and the shouldered clips 17, secured at 18, on the horizontal flanges of' said rails inwardly of said bar and projecting under the top flanges of the rails and lapping out-- wardly over the horizontal liange of the crossbar, substantially as described.

Signed by me at Utica, New York, this 24th day of September, 1900.

FREDERICK W. WALKER.

Witnesses:

PHEBE A. TANNER, MoRRIs P. RICHARDS. 

